305 STORIES TAGGED ‘BURMA’

The United States Secretary of State, John Kerry announced that his government would give “US$600,000 for immediate response through USAID’s Office of Foreign Assistance (OFDA)” for Burmese people affected heavy rains and flooding that has devastated most of the countr...
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The floods that have devastated Burma and affected as many as one million people have galvanised support from around the world.
The US has donated US$600, 000, China has sent ‘experts’ in disaster relief and the European Commission have contributed US$606,000 in aid to t...
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The European Commission has pledged €1 million ($US 1.97 million) in emergency aid to help Burma’s flood victims.
The promise of aid comes as tropical cyclone Komen battered the country leaving at least 69 people dead and affecting as many as 1 million people.
Christos S...
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Thai people from Thailand’s border province of Tak, have donated aid worth 750 million kyat in relief items through the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border crossing in Karen State for the people affected by the severe flooding throughout Burma.
Mr Sumchai Katiyasanti, governor of Tak ...
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The Thai-Burma border based Emergency Assistance and Relief Team (EART) has opened a donation center to accept aid for Burma flood victim.
The EART is made up of community groups to provide emergency aid – members include Mae Tao Clinic, Burma Medical Association, Back...
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The number of political prisoners that have been released since 2014 is incredibly low given the number of overall prisoners released during that same period, an organisation representing political prisoners has said.
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma...
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Weeks of non-stop heavy rain have caused flash flooding throughout Burma and northern Thailand. Residents in the Ma Ra Moe Refugee Camp on the Thai Burma border were terrified as flood waters swamped 30 houses. Aid vehicles were unable to get into Section 6 of the Camp as r...
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Community-based-organizations in Karen State are coming together to increase their efforts to educate people about voting in the national elections to be held on November 8, 2015.
A workshop on voter education, led by the Nyein Civil Organization was held together with Karen...
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Land confiscation in Karen state has continues to increase according to a new report from the Karen Human Rights Group.
The KHRG report titled, “With only our voices, what can we do?” was released on July 15 in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The report documen...
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A senior member of the Hpa-an based, Plone-Sgaw Democratic Party (PSDP), a Karen political party, said that they are planning to contest all constituencies in Karen State for the November 8, 2015 general election.
Speaking to Karen News, the party’s vice-chairman Mahn ...
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